Waste-receptacle.



L. MCDONALD.

WASTE RECEPTAOLB.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.26, 191 1.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

CEPTACLE Inventor,

Attorneys.

IHL. NOR/W5 PETERS CU. PHn'm LITHU., WASHVNIIHIN D, P

Luna irenoivarn, or criannonnn, nonri-i CAROLINA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

Application filed January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,556.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LENA MCDONALD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chadbourn, in the county ofColumbus and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and usefulNaste-Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appcrtains to a waste receptacle for railwaypassenger coaches, waiting rooms, and for other pur poses, and aims toprovide a novel and im:

proved receptacle of that nature, which is particularly adapted for thereception of sanitary drinking paper cups after they have beenused. r i

At the present day, it is quite common, for

passenger coaches, equipped with coolers and sanitary paper drinkingcups, to have no. or inadequate means for receiving the cups after theylnve been used, and as a consequence, the floor below the cooler,generally becomes litter 'l with used cups,

which is not only unsightly, and renders the floor wet and slippery, butis also unsanita ry, inasmuch as when the cups become dry, due to theheated air within the car, the d1sease germs will float in the heatedair, thus 'avoidingthe prevent on of spread ofcontagious diseases, whichthe sanitary cups are primarily provided l or.

It is therefore the object of the present 1nvention to provide awastereceptacle, which is peculiarly adapted for receiving used sanitarydrinking cups whereby they may be housed on confined within thereceptacle, to avoid the objections above noted, and whereby thereceptacle may be readily emptied iii-om time to time.

lit is alsothe object of the present iuven tion to provide unique meansfor depositing the used cups'in the receptacle, whereby the depositingmeans will normally be closed, to

prevent the egress of the disease germs from i a the receptacle when.the cups or matter within the receptacle become dry or heated.

It is also within the spirit of the present invention to provide adevice of the character specified, which will be comparatively simpleand inexpensive in construction, as well as being simple, convenient, p'actical andei'licient in its use.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed 1 is provided with a and claimed, it being understood thatchan es in the precise embodin'lent of the invent herein disclosed, canbe made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from thespirit of the invention,

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a front View of the improvedwaste receptacle as applied below a cooler.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the receptacle, taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1. F g. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of the deposit ing means,the section being taken on the line 8 3 of Fig. 1, a portion; of theslide being broken away.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a casing or box1, which may be constructed of various materials and variousproportions, according to the circumstances It is construct thecasing orreceptacle of zinc,

or of material lined with zinc,to render the interior uon-co1:'rosive.The casing or receptacle 1 1s adapted; to be disposed below the watercooler 2, when the receptacle is a to be employed witlnn a railwaypassenger 1 coach, or, the receptacle may be employed for. supportingthe cooler within the coach, within a waiting room, or other publicplace. It is usual, in railway passenger coaches, to

provide sanitary paper drinking cups ad joining the cooler, for use hythe passen gel-s, so that it 1s preferable to associate the wastereceptacle with the cooler, whereby the 7 used cups may bereadily.deposited therein, dropped upon. the floor, or the drain basinof thecooler (not shown),

The :l'ront wall of the receptacle or casing slot or elongated opening 3adjoining the upper end or top of the receptacle, the edge portions ofthe slot or o iiening 3 being preferably inturned to provide the flangesor lips i. A slide 5 is movable inwardly and outwardlythrough theopening 3 and is guided by the flanges or preferable, however, to

to avoid the cups being thrown or,

lips Jr-to move horizontally to and from the back an]. of thereceptacle." This slide 5 is provided with an opening 6 adjoinim itsinner or rear end, the forward end of the opening 6 being inclined, asat 7, to form a chute. The slide 5 is also equipped with a knob orhandle 8 at its forward or outer end for conveniencing the manipulationof the slide, and the slide is furtherprovided with slots or grooves 9in its side edges with which pins or stops 10 engage, said pins or stopsbeing carried by the ends of the flanges or lips 4c, to limit themovement of the slide out of and into the receptacle. The slide isnormally retracted by means of a spring 11 connecting the inner or rearend of the slide and the back wall of the receptacle, although thisspring is not en: tirely essential. The front wall of the receptacle isfurther provided with a cleanout opening 12 and a door 13 for thecleanout opening is hinged to the lower edge of the said opening,directly adjoining the bottom 14: of the receptacle. The door13 isprovided with'the sector-shaped wings 15 movable along the interior ofthe sides of the receptacle, and having arcuate slots 16 which areengaged by pins or stops 17 carriedby the sides of the receptacle, tolimit the outward movement of the door 13, as seen in F ig. 2.

The door 13 is preferably provided with an inner latch 18 having anouter knob or handle 19, whereby the latch may be engaged upon theinterior of the front wall of the receptacle, when the door 13 isclosed, to lock the door 13 in closed position, under ordinaryconditions.

The bottom 14 of the receptacle is preferably raised and slopes from itsedges to the center portion, a drain pipe 20 being connected to thecentral portion of the bottom 14 and extending downwardly through thebottom or floor of the passenger coach, waiting room or the like, forpermitting the receptacle to be drained, should the cups depositedtherein contain water.

In use, the door 13 ordinarily closes the clean-out opening 12, and theslide 5 is normally retracted or closed, preferably through the mediumof the retractile spring 11. Thus, as soon as the slide is released, the

' spring will return the slide to initial or closed position, without itbeing necessary for the slide to be manually pushed inward. To depositthe cups within the receptacle, it is merely necessary for the user topull or draw the slide 5 outward, and to insert the cup through theopening 6 upon the inclined or chute portion 7 thereof, in which eventthe cup will drop from the exterior through the slot and into thereceptacle. In any event, the cup will drop into the receptacle when theslide is opened. or when the slide is closed. It is to be noted thatwhen the slide is pulled inwardly by the spring 11, the opening 6 willbe brought completely within the receptacle, and that the means forlimiting the outward movement of the slide will prevent the lowerportion of the inclined end 7 of the opensequently, the egress ofdisease germs will be prevented.

The receptacle may be emptied from time to time, by swinging the door 13open, as seen in Fig. 3, which enables the porter or attendant toreadily slide the cups from the bottom of the receptacle over the door13, and into a suitable waste receptacle. The door 13 may then beclosed, to again put the receptacle in condition for use.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, the severaladvantages and capabilities of the present invention will be obviouswithout further comment, it being apparent that the objects aimed athave been carried, out satisfactorily, and that the present constructionis susceptible of changes or alterations in its details, within thescope of the appended claim,

without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A wastereceptacle having one wall provided with a depositopening, a slideslidable inwardly and outwardly through the said deposit opening, theslide having an opening adjoining itsinner end, the outer end of theslide opening being inclined, means for yieldingly pulling the slideinwardly to bring the opening thereof within the receptacle, and meansfor limiting the outward movement of the slide to prevent the lowerportion of the said inclined end of the slide opening from being movedcompletely out of the deposit opening.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LENA McDONALD.

Witnesses.

E. T. USHER, P. LENNON.

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